London: The Fortune Press, 1946. small 8vo. cloth. 62, (2) pages. First edition. D'Arch Smith, Fortune Press, 58 (no mention of binding variants). Original blue cloth lettered in gold. Cloth worn in places. Lacks dust jacket. READ MORE about A ROMANTIC MISCELLANY
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112367
London: The Fortune Press, 1952. 12mo. cloth, dust jacket. (viii), 25 pages. First edition. Author included in Tolley, Poetry of the Forties. Date of publication taken from d'Arch Smith / R. A. Caton and the Fortune Press. Fore-edge foxed, blue cloth marked, rear endpaper darkened, otherwise very good in dampstained, soiled dust jacket chipped at the head and foot of the spine. READ MORE about HOW SMOKE GETS INTO THE AIR
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 112995
London: The Fortune Press, 1954. tall 12mo. orange cloth, with gilt stamping on the spine. 43+(1) pages. First edition (D'Arch Smith / R. A. Caton and the Fortune Press 320). Welsh author. Fine without dust jacket. This copy has a flat back (some copies have a rounded back). READ MORE about THE DREAM OF JAKE HOPKINS
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 113111
London: The Fortune Press, n.d. (but 1928). 8vo. quarter cloth with paper-covered boards, fore edges uncut. Frontispiece; x, 183 pages. First edition, this copy being one of 70 copies printed on handmade paper and "finely bound." (Smith no.526.) This copy however is out of series and not signed by the author as aclled for in the bibliography. Essays on various literary topics, including Ann Radcliffe, Jane Austen, Byron, Samuel Pepys, and the Marquis de Sade..... READ MORE about ESSAYS IN PETTO
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 51183
New Castle, Delaware and London: Oak Knoll Press & Werner Shaw Ltd., 1998. small 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 277 pages. First edition. Operating from Edinburgh and London, the firm, T. N. Foulis, published more than 400 titles during the period 1904-25. The vast majority of their books were produced to the most exacting of standards. In recent times, the hallmarks of a Foulis book in the form of colored buckram bindings, tipped-in color plates, the..... READ MORE about T.N. FOULIS, THE HISTORY AND BIBLIOGRAPHY OF AN EDINBURGH PUBLISHING HOUSE
Price: $27.50 Order nr. 50318
With a Foreword by Edward Craig and an Essay by Gordon Craig on Illustrations in General.
San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1980. tall 12mo. cloth-backed boards. 89, (3) pages. With a Foreword by Edward Craig and an Essay by Gordon Craig on Illustrations in General. First edition, printed in an edition limited to 450 copies for the The Book Club of California. Near fine. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about FOND OF PRINTING, GORDON CRAIG AS TYPOGRAPHER & ILLUSTRATOR
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 33940
Boston: Godine, (1990). thick 4to. cloth, dust jacket. 478 pages. Reprint of the edition designed by Skelton. Over 1000 engravings described and illustrated. Near fine.Loosely inserted in a commorative bookplate of William Sihler. READ MORE about ERIC GILL, THE ENGRAVINGS
Price: $55.00 Order nr. 33357
Ditchling: St. Dominic's Press, 1924. 4to. rough linen. 36 leaves containing 38 large wood-engravings by Gill. E.G. : Being a Selection of Eric Gills Engravings on Wood. Printed on one side only of handmade paper, with one engraving in red and black. One of 100 copies in an edition of 150. With the scarce dust jacket. No limitation statement in this copy. Dust jacket has some minor shelfwear to the top edge, else fine. The..... READ MORE about WOOD-ENGRAVINGS
Price: $3,000.00 Order nr. 43996
3 volumes combined in one.
San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine arts, 1975. 8vo. cloth, slipcase. 47+(1); 51+(1); 112 pages. 3 volumes combined in one. Reprint of the separately issued bibliographies. Fine in near fine slipcase. From the private reference library of Dorothy Sloan with a commemorative bookplate loosely inserted. READ MORE about A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS 1921-1949
Price: $70.00 Order nr. 6419
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1925. 8vo. quarter leather over paper boards, gilt on spine. 44 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 370 numbered copies. (Chanticleer no.30). With bookplate, "Ex libris A.P. Kenrick Edwards." A near fine copy. Printed in red & black. The text is taken from the Authorized Version of the Bible of 1612. The arrangement of the book and the wood-engravings are by Noel Rooke. READ MORE about BIRTH OF CHRIST FROM THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT LUKE
Price: $175.00 Order nr. 138009
Pinner: Private Library Assoc. n.d. 8vo. cloth. 126 pages. First edition. Well-illustrated. Also gives a checklist of prospectuses for the period 1920 to 1962. Working copy only as the covers are wrinkled from water damage. No dust wrapper. READ MORE about COCK-A-HOOP, A SEQUEL TO CHANTICLEER, PERTELOTE, AND COCKALORUM BEING A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE...
Price: $10.00 Order nr. 95481
London: Golden Cockerel Press, n.d. (1949). tall 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. 112 pages. First edition. Presentation from Christopher Sandford to James Moran dated 1953 on free endpaper. Sandford wrote the introduction to this book and was the principal partner in the Golden Cockerel Press. Jacket chipped at head of spine. READ MORE about COCKALORUM, A SEQUEL TO CHANTICLEER AND PERTELOTE BEING A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL...
Price: $135.00 Order nr. 58043
London: Golden Cockerel Press, n.d. (1949). tall 8vo. cloth. 112 pages. First edition. Spine faded. Lacks jacket. READ MORE about COCKALORUM, A SEQUEL TO CHANTICLEER AND PERTELOTE BEING A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GOLDEN COCKEREL...
Price: $35.00 Order nr. 78364
EXPOUNDED IN PROSE, POETRY, DIAGRAM AND ENGRAVIN G, WITH AND ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN DIVERSIONS INTO THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESSES OF CORK AND KERRY.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. 8vo. cloth, dust jacket. (iv), 49, (4) pages. EXPOUNDED IN PROSE, POETRY, DIAGRAM AND ENGRAVIN G, WITH AND ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN DIVERSIONS INTO THE MOUNTAIN FASTNESSES OF CORK AND KERRY. First edition. Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press. An amusing book with engravings throughout by Gibbings. Jacket soiled and lightly chipped at top edge. READ MORE about RUMMY, THAT NOBLE GAME
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 35035
Waltham Saint Lawrence: The Golden Cockerell Press, 1931. tall 8vo. quarter blue calf with decorated paper-covered boards, top edge gilt, others uncut. (ii), 57, (3) pages. Limited to 1000 numbered copies. (Chanticleer no.74). Contains four woodcuts by Robert Gibbings. "The first book in the very successful `Guinea Series' of illustrated modern authors. Printed in the new Golden Cockerel type, specially designed for the Press by Eric Gill." Spine faded with some wear at extremities. READ MORE about HUNDREDTH STORY OF A.E. COPPARD. WITH ENGRAVINGS BY ROBERT GIBBINGS
Price: $65.00 Order nr. 40082
(Waltham Saint Lawrence, Berkshire, UK): Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. 8vo. quarter cloth with batik-covered boards. 44, (2) pages. Printed by Robert Gibbings at The Golden Cockerel Press, set in 14pt. Caslon Old Face type, in an edition limited to 425 numbered copies on English hand-made paper (Chanticleer 43). Lacking the paper dust jacket, else a tight, bright, and unmarred copy. Also illustrated by Gibbings with six small engravings, with which Coppard was delighted...compared with his..... READ MORE about PELAGEA & OTHER POEMS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 91993
(London): The Golden Cockerel Press, 1942. 12mo. cloth, top edge gilt. 223 pages, 7 plates of facsimile. Published in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies. (Pertolote no. 154). Spine slightly faded, else a fine copy. The letters are largely centered on Sir Gore Ousely, a distinguished Oriental scholar and diplomat of the 18th and 19th century, and on his circle of friends. (Note: Pertolote lists the publication date as January 1943). READ MORE about THE TENBURY LETTERS
Price: $50.00 Order nr. 76296
An Essay by Eric Gill
N.P. Golden Cockerel Press, 1928. 12mo. orange cloth. (vi), 18, (2) pages, 2 plates. An Essay by Eric Gill. Limited to 500 copies (Cave 61; Chanticleer: 61). The essay was originally a lecture at Manchester University on 7 February 1928. Two engravings on copper by the author accompany the text. Printed on Kelmscott hand-made paper, using Caslon O.F. type. (Wolfe 31). Spine slightly faded. With previous owners stamp on front pastedown. READ MORE about ART & PRUDENCE
Price: $120.00 Order nr. 124160
Waltham Saint Lawrence: Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. 8vo. quarter linen with batik covered boards. (ii), 19 pages. Printed in an edition limited to 325 numbered copies. (Chanticleer no.46). A fine, unopened, copy. Printed by Robert Gibbings with colored wood engravings by Rene be Sussan. Title page in two colors. READ MORE about THE METAMORPHOSIS OF PIGMALION'S IMAGE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 48130
(Berkshire, England): Golden Cockerel Press, 1929. 8vo. polished cloth. frontispiece. 28, (4) pages. Published in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies. Text is a translation of the Ritu-Samhara of Kalidasa. 4 engravings on copper by Robert Gibbings. Spine age darkened, as usual. Covers slightly bowed, else a fine copy. READ MORE about A CIRCLE OF THE SEASONS
Price: $75.00 Order nr. 76270
N.P. (London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1926. 8vo. rebound in full leather with four raised bands, gilt on spine, leather spine label, blind-stamp double border on cover. (vi), 98, (4) pages. Number 34 in the first Golden Cockerel Bibliography (Chanticleer). Limited to 500 numbered copies. Light shelfwear, else near fine. Partially unopened. Nineteen tales (entirely fictional) about or using the name of "Abu Nowas" (meaning, we assume, Abu Nuwas, the late 8th-century Arab poet); a rather..... READ MORE about RED WISE
Price: $125.00 Order nr. 52165
Number of prospectuses and yearly announcements issued by the Golden Cockerel Press of England. Per item:
various dates. Number of prospectuses and yearly announcements issued by the Golden Cockerel Press of England. Per item:. Have the following years: 1952 (worn spot along front corner), Autumn 1954, 1955-1956 (2), 1956-1957 . Price is per volume. READ MORE about NUMBER OF PROSPECTUSES AND YEARLY ANNOUNCEMENTS OF BOOKS ISSUED
Price: $15.00 Order nr. 8912
Being the Relations between Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Thomas Jefferson Hogg; As Shown in Letters Between Them, Now Published for the First Time
(London): Golden Cockerel Press, 1944. large 8vo. quarter red morocco, top edge gilt, 4 raised bands with two golden cockerels. (iv), 84 pages. Being the Relations between Percy Bysshe Shelley, Harriet Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Thomas Jefferson Hogg; As Shown in Letters Between Them, Now Published for the First Time. Printed in an edition limited to 500 numbered copies, of which this is one of 450 copies bound thus. Only the slightest hint of wear..... READ MORE about HARRIET & MARY
Price: $115.00 Order nr. 137235
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. 4to. quarter Niger over light brown cloth, top edge gilt, later cloth slipcase. (iv), 43, (2) pages. Limited to 275 numbered copies. (Chanticleer 53). This particular copy bares the exlibris bookplate of the private library of the Golden Cockerel Press on the front pastedown. Lower corner lightly bumped. Only the slightest hint of wear to the head and tail of the spine. A beautiful copy. Bound by Sangorski and..... READ MORE about THE TRUE HISTORIE OF LUCIAN THE SAMOSATENIAN
Price: $2,500.00 Order nr. 60561
London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1927. 4to. quarter leather, cloth, top edge gilt. (iv), 43, (2) pages. Limited to 275 numbered copies. (Chanticleer 53). Previous ownership inscription on front free endpaper. The smallest touch of fading to the leather spine, else a beautiful copy. Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe. In his True History, which begins by warning the reader that its events are completely untrue and impossible, Lucian describes a voyage that starts on the..... READ MORE about THE TRUE HISTORIE OF LUCIAN THE SAMOSATENIAN
Price: $1,800.00 Order nr. 136233
